An English Language Blog About Olympique Marseille

Kits

At present on this page you will find a collection of my football shirts that I have collected from an early age. Over time I would like to add people wearing their Marseille shirts in famous or scenic places. I will also happily add any rare or interesting shirts that people have that they would like to show off (in fact, any that has an interesting story or sentiment attached will do as well). If you would like to contribute to the page contact me through twitter (@MarseilleUK).

My collection

Team: England

Make: Admiral

Year: 1980-1983

This is my Dad’s shirt that I have claimed but love this simple retro classic.

Team: Tottenham Hotspur (Away)

Make: Hummel

Year: 1988-1991

This shirt was given to me by a relative during the mid-90’s. Although I have no affiliation to ‘Spurs the top always reminded me of Gazza, so I didn’t turn it down.

Team: England (Away)

Make: Umbro

Year: 1990-1993

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Umbro

Year: 1990-1993

My first home NUFC top, with the amended ‘Blue Star’ sewn own. The original shirt had no sponsor (I’m not sure if that was because it was a junior shirt or just bought between Greenalls and Newcastle Breweries.).

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Umbro

Year: 1990-1993

This was my first ever NUFC shirt. It originally had the Greenalls sponsorship, but I was given a ‘sew on’ McEwans Lager patch in return for a corner of the inside tag. The shirt also has the original Football League patches on the sleaves.

Team: Newcastle United (retro release)

Make: Score Draw (Umbro imitation)

Year: 1990-1991

Amid the current trend of retro shirts I had to buy this. Since the original was my first ever NUFC shirt, it was a simple choice. Nice touches to the shirt are the raised club badge, Umbro styled watermarks and buttoned collor that appeared on the original.

Team: Marseille

Make: Adidas

Year: 1993-1994

This classic was my first ever Marseille shirt. During the mid-90’s I was lucky enough to go on a few football trips with my junior football team, Wideopen Juniors. On our first trip we visited Halluin, in north-eastern France on the Belgian border. After a few friendly games against the local teams I swapped my NUFC shirt for this. This is the shirt that helped breed my love for Marseille.

Team: Chelsea

Make: Unbro

Year: 1993-1994

In the summer after my football trip to Halluin, my family stayed in a caravan in the south of France (near Hyeres to be precice). On this holiday I bought the 1997-1998? shirt you will see further down the page. But, when stopping off in London to visit family I founbd this shirt abandoned in Hyde Park.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Asics

Year: 1993-1995

A lovely simple design by Asics, with one of my favourite features being the samples of away shirt under the button for the collor, and on the shirt trim too.

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Asics

Year: 1993-1995

Another great shirt in my opinion, although if my memory serves me correctly this shirt ‘clicked’ something rotten. I’m sure this shirt was my second and you can still see a number of ‘clicks’ on the top.

Team: Newcastle United (3rd)

Make: Asics

Year: 1993-1995

Despite only wearing this kit twice (if memory serves correctly) I still liked the simple design and colour scheme, despite it being very different to anything NUFC had worn before.

Team: Rangers (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1994-1995

I have a lot of close family ties to Rangers, and this shirt is one of my all time favourites. The embossed style Rangers logo on the chest might be a bit ‘busy’ and ‘OTT’ by today’s standards, but I still think this was Adidas at its creative best.

Team: France

Make: Adidas

Year: 1994-1996

Another shirt obtained on my football trip to Halluin. The club secretary of the team we played took me to a huge local sports store and my hard earned paper-round money purchased me this French national classic. I had been torn between this, a Lille and RC Lens shirt, but this one held out.

Team: Italy

Make: Nike

Year: 1994-1996

Around this time I held a slight affiliation with Juventus, down to the legend, Del Piero, and as such also had a soft spot for the Italian national team. The great watermark on the shirt and Italian flag piping are some of the highlights for me on this shirt.

Team: Columbia

Make: Umbro

Year: 1995-1996

Team: Halifax Town

Make: Uhlsport

Year: 1995-1996

I also have some of my good family from Halifax, and one special Christmas I was kindly bought this Halifax shirt. The very shirt that Geoff Horsfield started his career in too. A simple but stylish design from Uhlsport.

Team: Borussia Dortmund (away)

Make: Nike

Year: 1995-1996

Having visted Halluin, twice with Wideopen Juniors, we then visted Esterwegen in Germany. On this trip I remember seeing what must have been the Hale-Bopp coment as well as netting in a penalty shoot-out for my first (and probably last) time. This shirt didn’t fit me at the time, and still doesn’t fit me as an adult, but at least allows me to avoid being called a ‘hipster’ for having a soft-spot for BVB.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Adidas

Year: 1995-1997

A truely classic NUFC shirt, with the ‘Grandad’ style collor. Adidas’ first NUFC kit did not dissapoint. I do believe I was one of the first people in Newcastle to own this shirt as a family friend opened his sports shop for me and my dad before opening hours as I was going on holiday to Edinburgh with my grandparents early in the morning.

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1995-1997

This is the shirt I swapped for my first Marseille shirt, so again had to buy this retro re-make of a beautiful shirt.

Team: SV Meppen (away)

Make: Ruesch

Year: 1995-1996

Another shirt that I gained when in Esterwegen, Germany. This was a lower league German club (3rd/4th tier, at the time). Probably one of the rarest shirts I own, but an interesting design nonetheless.

Team: Rangers (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1996-1997

Another Rangers shirt, and another variation of Adidas’ stripes on the shirt. Some nice Rangers’ watermarks can be seen on borth the red and white matrial.

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1996-1997

Not one of my favourites, but another ‘stripes on the shirt’ shirt from Adidas.

Team: Marseille (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1997-1998?

This was the first Marseille shirt that I bought, and purchased it at the Stade Velodrome club shop. Me and my dad then managed to sneak into the Virage Sud and take some pictures after a set of shutters were left opened.

Team: Juventus (Centenary home)

Make: Kappa

Year: 1997-1998

The black and white stripes and Del Piero were what lead me to Juventus, but a few of their Kappa shirts were outstanding. The badge on the sleeve, the curved stripes on the sleeve and back of the shirt were just some of the features I loved on this top.

Team: Rangers

Make: Nike

Year: 1997-1999

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1997-1998

In all honesty, probably one of the worst NUFC tops I own, however, I wore this on a trip to Eindhoven in the Champions League. Despite the rediculously long coach/ferry/coach (and return) journey I had an incredible time as a 13 year old, and so this shirt possibly hold more sentimental value than most others put together.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Adidas

Year: 1997-1999

More Wembley heartache associated with this top, but the shield and Newcastle United ribbon on the reverse of the shirt are some of the nice creative features on this top.

Team: South Africa (away)

Make: Kappa

Year: 1998

Team: Marseille (Centenary away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1998-1999

This was not actually the shirt I intended to buy, but a reputably online sports company mixed up my order and delivered this instead of the limited edition gold 3rd centenery shirt.

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1998-1999

On face value this Adidas NUFC shirt is quite nice, but looking back, I am not a big fan of the whole ‘shiny’ shirt thing they had going in the late 90’s.

Team: Marseille (3rd)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1999-2000

Another nice design, somewhat ruined by the ‘shiny’ Adidas finish.

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 1999-2000

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Adidas

Year: 1999-2000

Team: Marseille

Make: Adidas

Year: 2000-2001

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2000-2001

Team: Juventus (away)

Make: Lotto

Year: 2000-2001

My only away Juventus shirt, but one of the few Lotto shirts I have seen where the lotto logo actually works because of the navy blue colouring of the shirt.

Team: Real Mallorca

Make: Real

Year: 2003-2005

As well as a soft spot for Real Mallorca as NUFC played them in Europe, I bought this shirt on my first holiday away without my family, and with (at the time) my future wife. An XL shirt was all they had in the airport, so again I have another shirt that has never fit properly.

Team: Juventus

Make: Nike

Year: 2004-2005

Other than the black and white stripes this was an awful shirt. Adequate design, but terrible fit and abyslmal material.

Team: p*g

Make: Nike

Year: 2004-2005

As an OM fan I am rather ashamed to own this. The only positive is that I bought it from a market when holidaying on the Norfolk Broads, therefore I am certain psg made no money out of the buy. As with the Juve shirt above, poor design, awful material and awful fit. At the time I was torn between this and a Chicago Fire home shirt, I regretted my choice almost immediately!

Team: UD Lanzarote

Make: Dalypso

Year: 2005-2006?

Having searched for 2 weeks in Lanzarote for a shirt and failing, my parents managed to find one a month later having ventured into Aricefe and finding the club shop (a small room) just about to close. This shirt is another rare one and has my lucky number 3 on the back.

Team: Hercules CF (away)

Make: Kelme

Year: 2006-2007

I am lucky enough to have family who own some property in the Alicante area of Spain. I have since tried to buy a number of the local teams shirts. This Hercules shirt was bought on my first trip to Alicante and through my broken Spanish and a translation book, managed to establish through a sales assistant that Hercules were infact the local team from Alicante.

Team: Elche CF (away)

Make: Puma

Year: 2005-2006?

Elche (Elx) are another local team to the families property in Spain. I hope to travel to one of their games, espeicially as they have now been promoted to La Liga.

Team: Newcastle United (3rd)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2005-2006

Although I am not always a fan of names and number on shirts, I make an exception for this one, which I was bought for my 21st birthday. I have some fond memories of wearing this at my 21st party, before travelling to Glasgow the next day for a gig, before getting snowed in trying to return home.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Adidas

Year: 2005-2007

The Albert Luque or Micheal Owen shirt as I will always remember it.

Team: England (away)

Make: Umbro

Year: 2006-2008

A nice simple England design, which Umbro made fit very nicely. The St George’s cross on the shoulder is a particularly nice addition.

Team: Real Murcia (training top)

Make: N/A

Year: 2007

Technichally not a shirt, but having travelled to Murcia without enough money, it was the best I could do. This was bought just before their season in La Liga.

Team: FC Torrevieja

Make: Umbro

Year: 2007?

Another ‘local’ Spanish team, and probably the highest ranked team close to the family home in Spain. Another team who I intend to watch at some point.

Team: Alone Guadamar CF (away)

Make: Elements

Year: 2006-2007

Guadamar are another ‘local’ team in Spain, however, they play in the local leagues towards the bottom of Spanish football. This shirt surprisingly caught my eye when visiting Guadamar.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Adidas

Year: 2007-2009

Despite this being the ‘relegation’ shirt, honestly I never really liked it anyway. It was too dark, and because of the cut of the collar I had to buy a size that fitted me like a tent.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Adidas

Year: 2007-2009

As above but signed by the NUFC squad.

Team: Greece

Make: Adidas

Year: 2008-2010

This shirt was bought in Cyprus a few years after its release. After toying with the idea of a few of the local’s ‘immitation’ shirt, a saw this one for 5 euros, and couldn’t resist. The Greek flag watermark is a great feature.

Team: Real Madrid (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2008-2009

Although I prefer ‘Barca’ to Real I couldn’t argue with the beauty of this shirt, which I bought when on my honeymoon in Spain.

Team: Valencia (2nd Liga Anniversary)

Make: Nike

Year: 2008-2009

I bought this when honeymooning in Spain too, but from a ‘sports shop’ in Benidorm. Football shirts one isle, dildos the next; pure class.

Team: Egypt

Make: VioSport

Year: 2009?

Although I have never been one for buying imitation shirts, my parents brought back this shirt from their 25th wedding aniversary. A great design with the legendary Abou Trika name and number on, who could say no?

Team: England (away)

Make: Umbro

Year: 2009?

One of the England ‘Tailored by’ range. Lovely design, fit and colour.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Adidas

Year: 2009-2010

A final simple design by Adidas with blue trim. A successful season helped make sure the shirt was thought of even more highly.

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2009-2010

The ‘deckchair’ shirt has become a real cult classic for NUFC. For me, I loved it, althoug h lots of my friends hated it. Its simple design, along with nice touches such as the seahorses on the bottom right and left of the shirt, and the Newcastle United ribbon on the back of the neck, helped endear it to me.

Team: Lorient (away)

Make: Diadora

Year: 2009-2010

On a different holiday in France, in my teens, I stayed in Quimper, very near to Lorient. I didn’t buy a Lorient shirt at the time, so have always kept a look out since.

Team: Newcastle United

Make: Puma

Year: 2010-2011

For me, quite a nice design ruined by the awful plastic sponsor logo, sewn on club badge and strange use of different materials on the body and sleeves.

Team: Union Berlin (Away)

Make: Do You Football

Year: 2010-2011?

Always on the lookout for less well known shirts, I loved this Union Berlin shirt when taking a break from the freezing German Christmas markets. The Union bear watermark helps give the shirt a personal touch.

Team: Newcastle United (away)

Make: Puma

Year: 2010-2011

Simple, classy and with a nice Puma collar. Despite being let down by the sewn on club crest, Puma’s away NUFC shirt was much better than the home for their return to the Premiership.

Team: NAC Breda (away)

Make: Klupp

Year: 2010-2011

I always try to keep an eye out for teams that NUFC or OM have faced in Europe. The sash design and colouring on this shirt is a nice contrast to NAC’s yellow and black home shirt.

Team: Newcastle United (Supporters shirt)

Make: Puma

Year: 2011-2012

ALthough this could have been ‘too dark’ like the relegation top, the quality of Puma’s fitted sleeves and shirt made the shirt look a lot better. Add to that players like Cabaye wearing it, and a European qualification and it’s no wonder I love it. (This was my second one after some c*nt broke into our house and knicked my original one the day after I bought it).

This is my first ‘Techfit’ shirt, and it definitely won’t be my last! It fits like a 2nd skin and instead of sewn on Adidas stripes and logo etc. they’re all heat-pressed plastic. There’s also a plastic trim to the bottom of the shirt to stop it lifting, keeping it tight to the shorts.

Team: Marseille (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2011-2012

After a number of poor Marseille kits (in my opinion), Adidas were back with this one. The graffiti design coupled with the gold sponsor, crest and manufacture logo kept this shirt simple and interesting at the same time.

Team: Marseille (3rd)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2011-2012

Team: Newcastle United (Supporters shirt)

Make: Puma

Year: 2012-2013

Sporting the unusual Puma ‘jagged edges’ this shirt works well. Helped again by the stylish cut, the gold supporters badge is set off well against the numerous gold Puma logos.

Team: Marseille (Reversible 3rd)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2012-2013

Another simple but stylish design. Orange trim, sponsor, badge and manufacture logo on one side, with an original graffiti design on the reverse. Great design from Adidas for Marseille again.

Team: Bastia

Make: Kappa

Year: 2012-2013

Team: Marseille (away)

Make: Adidas

Year: 2013-2014

I was honestly not a huge fan of this shirt when it was first announced, the ‘pocket’ being one of the first obvious thing on the shirt. But, having seen some closer pictures of the shirt, the colours and trim along with the OM pocket and plain ‘Inter Sport’ logo all combined to make this a beautifully different kit to any other that I own. This shirt also has the official Ligue 1 patch on the sleeve and ‘Payet 17’ on the back.

2 thoughts on “Kits”

Fantastic stuff. That England Admiral shirt is a design classic. The Newcastle 1995-1997 brings back horrific memories for me! You beat Bristol City 5-0 in a 2nd round cup tie replay at Ashton Gate. We thought we had a chance after a 1-1 draw in the first fixture but clearly this was not the case. I will put together some pictures and text my own collection if you’re interested?